Crushing and separating machine



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GIOVANNI STBIZZI, OF NEW CASTLE, EENNSY-LVANIA.

CRT J' SHING AND SEPARATING MACHINE.

Application filed February 9, 1923. Serial No. 618,114,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GIOVANNI STRIZZI, a citizen of ltaly, residing at946 South Mill St, New Castle, 111* the county of Lawrence and State ofPennsylvania, have'invented,

This invention relates to a crushing and separating machine and it hasfor its object to provide an improved device of this character adaptedto crush tomatoes and to rapidly and expeditiously separate the skinsand seeds from the juice and meat of the tomatoes and to discharge thelatter from the machine.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a machine of thecharacter indicated which will be of very simple and economicalconstruction, which will not be likely to get out of order and which maybe readily and thoroughly cleaned with a minimum of labor after beingused.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which follows:

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the machine; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the upper half of the machine thrownback upon its hinges. 7 $5 Like numerals designate corresponding partsin both of the figures of the drawing.

The machine of the present invention comprises a box-like lower portion5 having an inclined bottom 6 which is preferably cov- 4c ercd with somenon-corrodible sheet metal 7,

such as tin, Zinc, aluminum, copper or the like. A rectangular frame 8corresponding 111 0111311110 to the box 5 is hinged upon said box 5 at9. The upper half 10 of a cylinder is is mounted within and moves withthe rectangular frame 8 and carries a hopper extension 11 having aclosure plug or cap 12. The hopper 11 and the upper half of the cylindermay be thrown back bodily with the frame 8, if desired, but, during theoperation of the machine these parts are locked in the positionillustrated in Fig. 1 by hooks 13 and eyes 14:- The lower half of thecylinder, indicated at 15, is carried by the box 5, and is perforatedsubstantially throughout its area. It will be observed that any matterexpressed through the openings in the cylinder'15 will drop upon theinclined bottom 7 and as it accumulates thereon will be discharged outof the open front 16 of the box 5. A row of hook like elements 17carricd by'tho front wall of the box 5 projects into the path ofmovement of adasher 18 which is of flat plate like formation but has itscorner cut away as indicated at 19 and 20 and is notched as indicated at21' and 22 to form openings through which the hooks 17 pass. The dasher18 is mounted upon a shaft 23. Lower bearings 24 carried by the box 5receive the shaft and upper bearings 26 carried by the frame '8 restupon the shaft and hold it in position in the lower bearings 24- whenthe parts are in the position illustrated in Fig. 1. With the parts inthis position tomatoes may be introduced into the cylinder formed by.the halves 10 and 15, through the hopper 11 and they may be in partiallycrushed condition when they are introduced into this hopper. The edgesof the dasher are rounded off, as indicated at 80 27. The dasher isrotated in the direction of the arrow and the rounded portions of thedasher catch the partially crushed tomatoes and wipe or rub them overthe perforated lower half of the cylinder 15 thus releasing the juiceand forcing some of the meat through the perforations of the cylinder.This operation is continued until allof the meat of the tomato and allofthe juice has been expressed through the opening. As the materialbeing crushed is brought around time after time, more and more of the'meat and juice are expressed until finally nothing is left in thecylinder except the skins and seeds.

It is not to be understood that it is essential that the tomatoes bepartly crushed when placed in the hopper 11. This is not the case, forwhole tomatoes may be placed in the machine and as the dasher rotatesthese 100 whole tomatoes will be forced against the hooks 17 andinitially ruptured and as rotation of the dasher continues the reductionof the pieces of tomatoes will be continued and they will become smallerand smaller in size as they are alternately rubbed over the perforatelower portion of the cylinder and carried past the hooks 17.

It is to be-understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims,

Having described my invention what I claim is; t i v 1. A machine. ofthe character described comprising a cylinder having a perforated lowerportion, a dasher oi plate-like formation therein, said dasher havingits corners cut away and hooks carried by the cylinder disposed in thepath of the cut out portions or" the dasher as andfor the purposes setforth. I V

2.18; machinerof the character described comprising a two-part cylinderthe upper part of which is removable from the lower part and the lowerpart of which cylinder by the shaft and disposed within the cylinderand'having edges adapted to exercise a-rnbbing action upon tomatoes inforeing' them over the perforated portions of the cylinder, said dasherhaving its corners cut away and hooks fixed within the cylinder and inline with the cut-out portions of the dasher.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature.

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